Official Development Assistance

Browse Data and Create Your DataStory

Set your story parameters

This dashboard allows you to explore data related to official development assistance
(ODA) provided by donor countries (such as the Netherlands) to developing countries all over the world
(such as Zimbabwe). Choose your parameters below and find the data for your DataStory!

Why use YourDataStories?

YourDataStories aggregates data from various separate datasets into a common "semantic graph" in RDF. In plain English: YourDataStories connects information from different sources in one place. It enables users to access such data easily and to discover relations between data. In such a way, users can browse, search, visualize, and make sense of the aggregated data, rather than chase the original, discrete datasets which may only be accessible to experts.

This dashboard is about International Aid and Trade Activities between the world countries with a special focus on Netherlands as the benefactor country. First Choose the kind of activities you want to search for. All the rest of the maps and visualisations will automatically adapt to your selection.

Then choose one or more benefactor countries. These are the countries offering the assistance. You can select countries directly on the map or type in the textbox below it.

This map will highlight the beneficiary countries (receiving the assistance) that correspond to the benefactor countries you previously selected. You can again choose the ones of interest for you.

By moving the date boxes you can also limit the time period of your interest.

The visualisation area gets automatically updated every time you change the parameters above. You can see information about activities between the selected countries as well as the involved organisations, sectors, budget and spending.

Clicking through these buttons will display different types of visualisations for the current results.

These vertical tabs will update the visualisation to show data about the selected entities.

In this area you can always see your selected filters. This gets automatically updated every time you change a parameter.

This table shows all the aid or trade activities for the selected countries and time period. Clicking on the column headers sorts the results. You can also use the quick filter textbox to search for something specific. Finally, clicking on the Show Details links of an activity will open up a new area under the table which has the complete details of the selected activity.

Registered users have a number of capabilities like saving dashboard configurations, adding data and visualisations to their library, creating advanced visualisations and also use the YDS Story Editor to create their DataStories. Create an account or Login to take advantage of these functionalities!

This dashboard is about International Aid and Trade Activities between the world countries with a special focus on Netherlands as the benefactor country. First Choose the kind of activities you want to search for. All the rest of the maps and visualisations will automatically adapt to your selection.

Then choose one or more benefactor countries. These are the countries offering the assistance. You can select countries directly on the map or type in the textbox below it.

This map will highlight the beneficiary countries (receiving the assistance) that correspond to the benefactor countries you previously selected. You can again choose the ones of interest for you.

By moving the date boxes you can also limit the time period of your interest.

You can save your current selections in your Library for future reference or clear all the filters.

The visualisation area gets automatically updated every time you change the parameters above. You can see information about activities between the selected countries as well as the involved organisations, sectors, budget and spending.

Clicking through these buttons will display different types of visualisations for the current results.

These vertical tabs will update the visualisation to show data about the selected entities.

In this area you can always see your selected filters. This gets automatically updated every time you change a parameter.

You can save the current visualisation or data in your Library and use it to create your story.

Your Library can be accessed by clicking this icon.

This table shows all the aid or trade activities for the selected countries and time period. Clicking on the column headers sorts the results. You can also use the quick filter textbox to search for something specific. Finally, clicking on the Show Details links of an activity will open up a new area under the table which has the complete details of the selected activity.

Finally open the story Editor by clicking this button or the link inside the Library panel. There you can create your Data Story with all the data and visualisations that are saved in your Library. Happy editing!